Zhen Zhong, Associate Professor;
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background
China’s land reclamation was developed under special historical circumstance in order to bear the national missions. Alter 60-year development, it has estab..

Zhen Zhong, Associate Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
In 2015, the MoA launched a campaign on grain yield growth and green development in Northeastern China, Northwestern and Southwestern China, and regions along th..

Zhen Zhong, Associate Professor;
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background of the amendment
The Seed Law was issued in 2000 and amended respectively in 2004 and 2013. This time, the overall amendment of the Seed Law was an importan..

Zhen Zhong, Associate Professor;
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Leisure agriculture and rural tourism are new-type industrial forms of modern agriculture and modern tourism, and are important in promoting the construction of b..

Zhen Zhong
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background
According to the deployment and requirement of No.1 document issued by central government on promoting information entering villages and households, in 2014, the Ministry of Agriculture ..

Zhen Zhong
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Big data is a national strategy in building up powerful agri-data, improving governance ability and pushing forward economic transformation and upgrading. In order to implement major d..

Zhen Zhong
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background
In recent years, China’s grain output continued to grow, with an increase in farmer’s incomes. Agriculture and rural economy have developed rapidly with great achievement, wh..

Zhen Zhong, Associate Professor;
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
At present, the Country has 4 469 agricultural products wholesale markets, about 70 percent of which are at production bases. According to statistics from Nationa..

Zhen Zhong, Associate Professor;
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
BACKGROUND
After the general office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council issued the Guiding Opinions of the State Council on the Ord..

Zhen Zhong and Siyu Chen
Zhen Zhong
Associate Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Email: zhzruc@ruc.edu.cn
Siyu Chen,
Postgraduate Student
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of Ch..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Agricultural production is likely to maintain momentum of stable growth
Grain production is expected to remain generally stable on the basis of its 10-year growth. ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCITON
Since 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture has continued to promote the supervision of pesticide and legal system building. It prioritized the supervision..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
To implement the spirit of the 18th CPC Party Congress so as to deepen agricultural reforms and accelerate modern agro-construction, the Ministries of Agriculture and F..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
The Ministry of Agriculture worked in August, 2013 with other ministries to issue the agro-tech promotion service job creation plan, so as to guide the local government..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In 2013, the Ministry of Agriculture has deepened institution reform and role changes, stably conduced reform of administrative institutions, innovated and impro..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
The fund and labor raising of “Case-by-Case” mechanism is an institutional arrangement to solve the problem of rural welfare establishment investment, the i..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background and main content of policy
Since the Third Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee, China has made substantial progress in the constructi..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Reform on the system of rural collective property rights is a great innovation in the rural economic system. It meets the demands of injecting vigor in..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
The 18th National Congress of the CPC nailed down the direction of developing specialized cooperation and shareholding cooperation. In 2013, the CPC Ce..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the development of the seed industry. On Dec. 20, the general office of the ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
The CPC Central Committee’s Document No.1 asked to improve rural financial services，increase national support and guidance to rural financial r..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
To implement The Law on Agro-Technical Popularization of the People`s Republic of China and other CPC Central Committee documents to advance Reform and..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Inrtoduction
In 2013, China’s grain output recorded its 10th consecutive year of growth, and the farmers’ income registered the 10th consecut..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
The program for subsidizing early processing of agro-products was initiated in 2012. Funded by the central budget under which a fixed subsidy tha..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Agricultural cultural heritage refers to a unique agricultural production system that was created during the coexistence between human beings and the environment in whi..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Development of urban modern agriculture saw remarkable results
The guiding philosophy of developing urban modern agriculture was first clarified. F..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
In 2013, affected by multiple factors including abnormal climate, there broke out various kinds of crop diseases and pests in several levels. ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Modern plant production system is a new type of crop pest and disease prevention and relief system tasked with serving modern agriculture and su..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
By the end of 2013, wholesale markets of agro-product numbered more than 4,400 nationwide, generating an annual trade volume 0f 3.2 trillion yuan. In t..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In recent years, the MoA (Ministry of Agriculture) attached high importance, took effective measures and strengthened its work to achieve remarkable results ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Bio-safety disposal of dead animals is important to sustainable and healthy development of animal husbandry industry, public health and safety, and ecological environme..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
On March 8, 2013, the State Council published Several Advices on Promoting Marine Sustainable and Healthy Development. It is the first time that a state-level marine fi..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Tropical germplasm resources are an important part of biodiversity and the material basis for sustainable development of tropical agriculture. China is rich in germplas..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
An important part of socialized agricultural services is called, socialized services of agricultural machinery, it means various operation services provided by agricult..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In 2013, the mechanism continued to be implemented in 13 provinces and autonomous regions, with greater national investments that totaled 15.946 billion yuan across the..

Zhen Zhong, Assistant Professor
Manni Huang, PH.D Candidate
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
Agricultural insurance plays an important role in stabilizing farmers’ income and stimulating investments in agricul..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
In recent years, different regions and departments strictly implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC (Communist of Party of ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
“A Notice on Promoting Financial Support and Service in Modern Agricultural Development” (the Notice) had been issued by the Ministry..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
Peste des petits ruminants, also known as sheep sickness or small ruminant animal plague, is caused by small ruminants virus. It is highly contagious a..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
The registration of rural land contract and management right is a basic job of affirming and protecting rural land contract and management right of far..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
For decades, China's policy-oriented agricultural insurance (POAI) experienced a tortuous course of development. After 2004, the central..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
Environmental protection has become one of the world’s most heated topics since the 21th century. As the world’s biggest developing country..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
Historically, China’s urban and rural household registration system is the inevitable choice under the policy of heavy industry priority developm..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
In recent years, local governments have sincerely implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
On September 29, 2014, the central leading group for comprehensive reform held the fifth meeting, and reviewed the schemes that called “About lea..

Zhen Zhong, Assistant Professor
Fengtian Zheng, Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
The Chinese proverb “food is what matters to the people” has greatly influenced China’s food pr..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
Household Registration System, forming in the planned economy era, has become a major obstacle to society’s development. In the era of mass migra..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Agricultural finance is an important part of the Chinese financial system, which supports and serves the development of agriculture issues, farmers and..

Zhen Zhong, Assistant Professor
Kejia Hu, PH.D. candidate
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
China is the first country to plant commercial GM (genetically modified) crops in world: China began to plant GM tobacco of ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
Since ancient times, family support for the elderly has been a traditional pension pattern. With the gradual disintegration of the peasant e..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
This article focuses on the problems of lost-land farmers’ retirement system. Some problems in farmer’s retirement system are discussed, wh..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Recently, the central government issued “The Opinion of the Orderly Circulation of Land Management Rights in Rural and Developing the Agricultura..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Agricultural insurance is one of the most effective ways to settle the agricultural risk diversification question around the world. It is also one of t..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Based on the Chinese basic national conditions about population and farmland, rural household contract management makes the fragmentation of..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Food recall management measures enacted to strengthen the supervision of most agricultural products. This will greatly enhance the overall q..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
This Regulation is to prevent and control pollution from livestock and poultry breeding, boost the comprehensive utilization and harmless treatment of ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
Ever since the first case of human detection of the H7N9 disease, the poultry industry has suffered huge losses and potential troubles have been inlaid..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
For purposes of strengthening the administration of the agricultural comprehensive development projects financed by loans of the Asian Development Bank..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction: To continue supporting the development of rural finance and resolve the difficulty of farmers in obtaining loans, upon the approval of the State Council, ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction: In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Enterprise Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China and the Regulation o..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction: Recently, the Chinese government attaches great game importance to rural financial policy. This notice will strengthen the rural commercial banks&rsquo..

In the 1990s, China launched an initiative to cultivate a super high-yield hybrid rice in an effort to feed 20% of the world population with only 7% of its arable lands. Yuan Longpin, an agricultural scientist and educator, was designated as leader of the research team. Under Yua..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Agriculture, rural community and farmer related issues are once again the topic of China’s "No. 1 Central Document" this year, the first poli..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Since 2012，in accordance with the CPC Central Committee and the State Council’s deployment, agricultural authorities at various levels have carried f..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background and main content of policy.
In December 2011, Chinese vice premier Hui Liangyu chaired a symposium on the rural comprehensive reform. Achievem..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background and main content of policy
In order to guide and promote the sound development of specialized farmers’ cooperatives, in accordance with ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
The CPC central committee paid high attention to fostering and developing large-scale subjects of management like family farms and specialized farmers’..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Since 2012, more positive measures have been taken to promote employment. The national employment situation kept steady as a whole, though the economy grew a..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background and main content of policy
The CPC Central Committee’s Document No.1 in 2012 asked to provide more policy support to the rural financial..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background and main content of policy
Land is a basic element of agricultural production and the core of large-scale agricultural operations is large-..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Since its reform and opening, (based on the decentralized operations of families and taking the unified management of farms as the dominant principle), a two..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In 2012, the Ministry of Agriculture earnestly implemented the spirit of No.1 Central Document and the No.8 Document by the State Council, followed requireme..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
After the release of the No.1 Central Document in 2012, the MoA conducted a nationwide program called “The Year of Agro-tech Promotion” under the..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
To stop the excessive use and low utilization of fertilizers, China launched the subsidy policy for the soil testing and fertilizer recommendation technology..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In recent years, as more and more rural farmers immigrate to major cities and towns, the shortage of labor forces in some areas during farming seasons has be..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Since the start of the 11th Five-year Plan, China’s Ministry of Agriculture has followed the instructions on development of water-saving agriculture fr..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background and main content of policy
In 2012, the CPC Central Committee asked if it could improve the steady and orderly manner of the relations involve..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
With the deepening of agricultural and rural reform and development, particularly the endeavors to improve the CPC's work styles in rural areas and to bu..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In recent years, farmers' burdens remained at low levels as a whole as more efforts were made to implement the policy of strengthening agriculture, benef..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Animal disease control concerns food safety and public health as well as social harmony and stability. It is an important responsibility of the government in social managem..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In March 2012，the State Council issued a set of opinions on supporting the development of leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization (the Opinio..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Recent years, leisure agriculture boomed across the country, with the number of leisure farms, their quality and profits are all on the rise.
First, the ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In September 2012, in order to boost domestic demand in rural areas, optimize the mix of agricultural machinery, promote energy conservation and emission red..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In October 2010, the State Council decided to establish the mechanism of subsidies and rewards for grassland ecological protection to help increase the herds..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Recently, the Chinese central government attached great importance to the development of agricultural information system. On June 28，2012，the State Counc..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
The marketing and promotion of agricultural products are aimed at activating the market circulation of agricultural products, promoting the linkage between t..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
During the year since the project of subsidies for agro-processing at origin was launched, the relevant authorities and project provinces have intensified th..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Modem urban agriculture is a new form of agriculture which stemmed from the development of modem cities. It started in China in the 1990s. Since the start of..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
In 2012, the number of organizations involved in industrialized agricultural operations increased steadily, with their economic strength enjoying steady grow..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Key Work of the New Rural Cooperative Medical System in China
This notice is published to implement related requests set by the notice of the Stat..

Zhen Zhong, Kong Xiangzhi, Mu Nana
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
The national grains security strategy that takes our side as the dominant factor, bases itself on its own country, guarantees the production capac..

Zhen Zhong, Xiangzhi Kong
(School of Agricultural and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872)
Email: zhzruc@126.com
ABSTRACT
During the 30 years of Reform and Opening up, China’s agricultural policy has formed a relatively complete framewor..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
INTRODUCTION
In recent decade, structural problems in the transfer of rural labor force to other sectors for employment were prominent. In certain are..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
In order to promote and regulate the development of farmers’ cooperatives, the central authorities have been strengthening support for..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
The CPC (Communist Party of China) Central Committee’s Document No.1 in 2008 asked to “strengthen regulation and administration of rural..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
After more than 30 years of exploration and practice, marketing of agricultural products has been liberalized in China. Prices of agricultural products..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Introduction
In accordance with the CPC Central Committee’s Document No.1 for 2011, the central authorities continued to increase investment in agriculture..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Extension has been playing an important role in agriculture development for a long time. It has disseminated many kinds of agricultural technologies and thus greatly..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
(Adopted from the 38th Executive Meeting of the State Council on May 9, 2001, promulgated by Decree No. 304 of the State Council of the People's Republic..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
(Promulgated by Decree No. 216 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on May 8, 1997, amended in accordance with the Decision of the Stat..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
China's land is divided by ownership: State-owned and collective-owned. According to the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the Land Management ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Land is one of the most fundamental production factors in economic activities. In China, the land is state-owned and collectively-owned, that the following b..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
“The Decision on Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Deepening Reforms” was adopted at the close of the Third Plenary Session of the 18th ..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
(Adopted from the 2nd Session of the 8th National People's Congress on July 2, 1993; amended in accordance with the Decision on Amending the Law of the Peo..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development
Renmin University of China
Background
The 12th Five-Year period (2011-2015) is very critical for the country’s further industrialization, urbanization and agricultural modern..

Zhen Zhong
Assistant Professor,
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development,
Renmin University of China
Background:
“No. 1 Document” used to refer to the first document issued by CPC (Communist Party of China) every calendar year. Today..

Zhen Zhong
Asistant Professor,
School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development,
Renmin University of China
Since 1978, science and technology in Chinese agriculture has entered a new era: agricultural research institutes have expanded; number of people involving ..